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From: filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Fred Fish on CDROM....now being advertised
Message-ID: <222.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Date: 22 Sep 90 07:59:35 GMT
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All this discussion misses the only important point.  Does Xetec have
permission from Fred Fish to distribute his collection in this manner?
If so, they are not doing anything wrong.  If not, then even if Fred
does in fact approve of it, they are in the wrong and should get
permission as soon as possible.  If they were or are denied permission
then they should cease distribution immediately.

If they have Fred's permission, then I don't think the rights of any of
the authors whose material appears in the collection are being violated.
Many items prohibit certain types of distribution but give explicit
permission to Fred Fish.  If Xetec's disk is an officially
approved-by-Fred distribution method then it falls under the same
exemption granted to Fred.  Otherwise, Xetec is also violating the
rights of dozens of authors.

Personally, I would hope that Fred would approve, but the decision is
his.  I also really hope that Xetec approached him before distributing
the disk or the ads referring to it.  Not to have done so would indicate
an appalling lack of sensitivity and legal sense.

Perhaps Fred or a representative from Xetec can comment.

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